The Sanremo Music Festival 2013 (''63° Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo 2013'') was the 63rd annual
Sanremo Music Festival
The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annual ...
, a televised song contest held at the
Teatro Ariston
The Ariston Theatre ( it, Teatro Ariston) is a cinema in Sanremo, Italy. It has been the venue of the annual Sanremo Music Festival
The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the ...
in
Sanremo
Sanremo (; lij, Sanrémmo(ro) or , ) or San Remo is a city and comune on the Mediterranean coast of Liguria, in northwestern Italy. Founded in Roman times, it has a population of 55,000, and is known as a tourist destination on the Italian Rivie ...
,
Liguria
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, between 12 and 16 February 2013 and broadcast by
Rai 1
Rai 1 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's flagship television channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream and general ...
.
The show, presented by
Fabio Fazio
Fabio Fazio (; born 30 November 1964) is an Italian television presenter. After debuting in 1982, he presented many TV programs, including ''Quelli che... il Calcio'', ''Vieni via con me'' and ''Quello che (non) ho''. Since 2003, he presents the ...
with Italian comedy actress
Luciana Littizzetto
Luciana Littizzetto (born 29 October 1964) is an Italian comedy actress, shock jock and humor writer.
Littizzetto is known in her home country for her irreverent gags, lampooning government ministers and church prelates alike.
Nicknamed "Luciani ...
, featured two different competitions. The Big Artists section included 14 established Italian artists, competing with two songs each. During the semi-finals, a song for each artist was eliminated as a result of votes received by public and journalists. On 16 February 2013,
Marco Mengoni
Marco Mengoni (; born 25 December 1988) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter who rose to fame in 2009, after winning the third season of Italian talent show ''X Factor''. Since that he has sold over 2.8 million records in Italy, peaking the I ...
, based on a combination of televotes and points awarded by a jury,
was announced the winner of the competition, with his song "
L'essenziale".
The Newcomers' section featured eight songs performed by debuting or little known artists. On 13 and 14 February 2013, music journalists and televotes determined the four finalists of the competition. The final winner of the Newcomers' section,
Antonio Maggio
Antonio Maggio (born 8 August 1986 in San Pietro Vernotico) is an Italian pop singer.
He debuted as a member of the vocal group Aram Quartet, which won the first edition of Italian talent show '' X Factor''. In 2010 he started a solo career, a ...
with the song "Mi servirebbe sapere", was announced on 15 February 2013, based on points awarded by a jury and on televotes.
[
On 24 January 2013, it was also announced that, as in 2011 and in 2012, an internal commission would have selected the artist representing Italy in the ]Eurovision Song Contest 2013
The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Euphoria" by Loreen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EB ...
among all the competing acts. During the final, Marco Mengoni was announced as the Italian entrants.
Presenters and personnel
Immediately after Gianni Morandi
Gianni Morandi (; born 11 December 1944) is an Italian pop singer, actor and entertainer.
Early life
Gian Luigi Morandi was born in a little village called Monghidoro on the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. His father Renato was active within the ...
, who presented the contest in 2011 and 2012, announced he didn't want to return to the Sanremo Music Festival
The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annual ...
for a third consecutive year, Fabio Fazio
Fabio Fazio (; born 30 November 1964) is an Italian television presenter. After debuting in 1982, he presented many TV programs, including ''Quelli che... il Calcio'', ''Vieni via con me'' and ''Quello che (non) ho''. Since 2003, he presents the ...
started being considered for the role. On 11 January 2012, Adnkronos
Adnkronos is an Italian news agency.
History and profile
Adnkronos was established in 1963 by a merger of two agencies, ''Kronos'' (founded in 1951) and ''Agenzia Di Notizie'' (founded in 1959). The agency is based in Rome.
Adnkronos is owned ...
revealed Fazio had signed with RAI, and on 18 January 2012, while presenting RAI
RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many ter ...
's schedules for the second half of 2012 and the first part of 2013, Giancarlo Leone, then president of RAI's entertainment branch, officially announced Fazio as the presenter of the contest.
Fazio, who had previously presented the contest in 1999 and in 2000, invited Italian comedy actress Luciana Littizzetto
Luciana Littizzetto (born 29 October 1964) is an Italian comedy actress, shock jock and humor writer.
Littizzetto is known in her home country for her irreverent gags, lampooning government ministers and church prelates alike.
Nicknamed "Luciani ...
to join him, and Littizzetto confirmed her involvement as co-presenter on 30 September 2012, during Fazio's TV show ''Che tempo che fa
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It has been broadcas ...
''.
Fabio Fazio was also chosen as the artistic director of the show,[ while ]Mauro Pagani
Mauro Pagani (born 5 February 1946) is an Italian musician and singer.
Pagani was born in Chiari, Lombardy. A multi-instrumentalist, he made his debut in the music world in 1970 as violinist and founding member of the progressive rock band Pre ...
was later chosen as the music director. Pagani also conducted the Sanremo Festival Orchestra. For the first time, the scenography was created by Francesca Montinaro. The show was directed by Duccio Forzano.
Awards
Categoria ''Campioni''
* Winner: ''L'essenziale'' - Marco Mengoni
Marco Mengoni (; born 25 December 1988) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter who rose to fame in 2009, after winning the third season of Italian talent show ''X Factor''. Since that he has sold over 2.8 million records in Italy, peaking the I ...
* Second Place: ''La canzone mononota
"La canzone mononota" is a 2013 single by Elio e le Storie Tese.
Elio e le Store Tese participated with this song to the Sanremo Music Festival 2013
The Sanremo Music Festival 2013 (''63° Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo 2013'') w ...
'' - Elio e le Storie Tese
Elio e le Storie Tese (; literally "Elio and the Troubled Stories"), often abbreviated EelST, was an Italian comedy rock band from Milan, formed in 1980. Its leader was Stefano Belisari, better known as Elio. They announced their split on 17 Oct ...
* Third Place: ''Se si potesse non morire'' - Modà
* ''Premio della Critica "Mia Martini"'' ''Campioni'' ''La canzone mononota'' - Elio e le Storie Tese
Elio e le Storie Tese (; literally "Elio and the Troubled Stories"), often abbreviated EelST, was an Italian comedy rock band from Milan, formed in 1980. Its leader was Stefano Belisari, better known as Elio. They announced their split on 17 Oct ...
* ''Premio al migliore arrangiamento'' Categoria ''Campioni'': ''La canzone mononota'' - Elio e le Storie Tese
Elio e le Storie Tese (; literally "Elio and the Troubled Stories"), often abbreviated EelST, was an Italian comedy rock band from Milan, formed in 1980. Its leader was Stefano Belisari, better known as Elio. They announced their split on 17 Oct ...
* ''Italian Act for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013
The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Euphoria" by Loreen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EB ...
'': Marco Mengoni
Marco Mengoni (; born 25 December 1988) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter who rose to fame in 2009, after winning the third season of Italian talent show ''X Factor''. Since that he has sold over 2.8 million records in Italy, peaking the I ...
''Giovani'' Category
* Winner: ''Mi servirebbe sapere'' - Antonio Maggio
* Second Place: ''In equilibrio'' - Ilaria Porceddu
* Third Place: ''Il postino (amami uomo)'' - Renzo Rubino
* Fourth Place: ''Dietro l'intima ragione'' - Blastema
* ''Premio Emanuele Luzzati
Emanuele Luzzati (3 June 1921 – 26 January 2007) was an Italian painter, production designer, illustrator, film director and animator. He was nominated for Academy Awards for two of his short films, ''La gazza ladra'' (''The Thieving Magpi ...
'': ''Mi servirebbe sapere'' - Antonio Maggio
* ''Premio della Critica "Mia Martini"'' ''Giovani'' ''Il postino (amami uomo)'' - Renzo Rubino
* ''Premio "Sergio Bardotti" al miglior testo'' ''Giovani'' ''Le parole non servono più'' - Il Cile
Lorenzo Cilembrini (born 9 November 1981), better known as Il Cile, is an Italian singer-songwriter. His debut single, "Cemento armato", was released in 2012 and later included in the album ''Siamo morti a vent'anni'', issued by Universal Music du ...
Career Awards
* Toto Cutugno
Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno (; born 7 July 1943) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for his worldwide hit song, "L'Italiano", released on his 1983 album of the same title. Cutugno also won the Eurovision Song Conte ...
* Ricchi e Poveri
Ricchi e Poveri (; "The Rich and The Poor") is an Italian pop group formed in Genoa in 1967, originally consisting of Angela Brambati, Angelo Sotgiu, Franco Gatti and Marina Occhiena. Active since the late 1960s, they have sold over 20 million r ...
* Al Bano
Albano Antonio Carrisi (; born 20 May 1943), better known as Al Bano, is an Italian tenor, actor, and winemaker. He is one of the most recognisable Italian singers in the world whose career spans 7 decades. He has gained notability due to his vo ...
* Pippo Baudo
Giuseppe Vittorio Raimondo Baudo (born 7 June 1936), known as Pippo Baudo, is one of the most famous Italian television presenters, with a career spanning six decades. He is often nicknamed "Superpippo" (referencing the Italian name of Super Go ...
Nights
First night
During the first night, seven out of fourteen artists competing in the Big Artists section presented their two songs. At the end of the night, a song for each artist was eliminated, as a result of televotes combined with votes given by music journalists.
Big Artists section
Presenters
For each artist, the winning song was presented by a different celebrity:
* Marco Alemanno presented Marco Mengoni
* Ilaria D'Amico
Ilaria D'Amico (born 30 August 1973) is an Italian television host and commentator. She is most known for her work on shows related to football in fact in June 2018 she left Italian Sky Sport.
Personal life
As of 2014, D'Amico has been in a re ...
presented Raphael Gualazzi
* Valeria Bilello
Valeria Bilello (born 2 May 1982) is an Italian actress and model.
Biography
Valeria Bilello was born in Sciacca, in Sicily, Italy, on 2 May 1982, and grew up in Milan. During her high-school studies in foreign languages, she made her debut i ...
presented Daniele Silvestri
* Flavia Pennetta
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presented Simona Molinari & Peter Cincotti
* Cristina Parodi and Benedetta Parodi presented Marta sui Tubi
* Vincenzo Montella
Vincenzo Montella (; born 18 June 1974) is an Italian retired footballer and current manager, who played as a striker. He is current manager of Süper Lig club Adana Demirspor.
Montella's nickname during his playing career was "Aeroplanino", i ...
presented Maria Nazionale
* Stefano Tempesti presented Chiara Galiazzo
Guests
* Felix Baumgartner
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[
* ]Maurizio Crozza
Maurizio Crozza (; born 5 December 1959) is an Italian comedian, mimic, actor and television presenter.
Biography
Crozza was born in Genoa. He attended an acting school in the same city, where he graduated in 1980.
He has worked for many year ...
[
* ]Toto Cutugno
Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno (; born 7 July 1943) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for his worldwide hit song, "L'Italiano", released on his 1983 album of the same title. Cutugno also won the Eurovision Song Conte ...
[
]
Second night
During the second night, the last seven artists competing in the Big Artists section performed both their songs, and a song for each of them was eliminated based on the combination of televotes and points given by music journalists. During the night, four acts in the Newcomers' section performed their entries, and two of them, Irene Ghiotto and Il Cile, were eliminated.
Big Artists section
Newcomers section
Presenters
As for the first night, for each act in the Big Artists section, the winning song was presented by a different celebrity:
* Max Biaggi
Massimiliano "Max" Biaggi (; born 26 June 1971) is an Italian former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who achieved six World Championships. With four 250 cc road race titles and two in World Superbikes, he is one of only two ri ...
and Eleonora Pedron
Eleonora Pedron (born 13 July 1982) is an Italian model and actress, who was crowned Miss Italia 2002. She later briefly served as a weather presenter on Italy's Rete 4 channel. As an actress she was most recently seen in the TV series '' Donna ...
presented Modà
* Jessica Rossi
Jessica Rossi (born 7 January 1992) is a female Italian Shooting sports, sports shooter.
Biography
She won the gold medal in the Women's Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's trap, Trap event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she scor ...
presented Simone Cristicchi
* Neri Marcorè
Neri Marcorè (born 31 July 1966) is an Italian actor, voice actor, impressionist, television presenter and singer. He has appeared in 22 films and television shows since 1994. He starred in the film '' Incantato'', which was entered into the 20 ...
presented Malika Ayane
* Filippa Lagerbäck presented Almamegretta
* Elisa Di Francisca
Elisa Di Francisca (; born 13 December 1982) is an Italian former foil fencer, Olympic champion in 2012, World champion in 2010 and three-time European champion. She won the 2010–11 World Cup series and has seven World Cup victories to her n ...
, Arianna Errigo
Arianna Errigo (born 6 June 1988) is an Italian left-handed foil and sabre fencer.
Errigo is a nine-time team European champion, two-time individual European champion, six-time team world champion, and two-time individual world champion.
Known ...
and Ilaria Salvatori
Ilaria Salvatori (born 5 February 1979 in Frascati) is an Italian foil
Foil may refer to:
Materials
* Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine
* Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of de ...
presented Max Gazzè
* Carlo Cracco presented Annalisa
* Roberto Giacobbo presented Elio e le Storie Tese
Guests
* Italian actor Beppe Fiorello
Giuseppe Fiorello, also known as Beppe Fiorello or Fiorellino (born 12 March 1969), is an Italian actor.
Career
Fiorello was born in Catania, Sicily, the youngest of four children. His elder brother is the noted television and radio personal ...
was the first guest of the second night. He was interviewed by Fabio Fazio about his role as Domenico Modugno
Domenico Modugno (; 9 January 1928 – 6 August 1994) was an Italian singer, actor and, later in life, a member of the Italian Parliament. He is known for his 1958 international hit song "Nel blu, dipinto di blu (song), Nel blu dipinto di blu", ...
in a TV film.
* Israeli model Bar Refaeli
Bar Refaeli ( he, בר רפאלי; born ) is an Israeli model, television host, businesswoman and actress. She is among the most internationally successful models to come from Israel, appearing on the cover of the 2009 ''Sports Illustrated'' Sw ...
appeared during the night, co-presenting some artists.[
* Italian-French singer performed her new single "Chez Keith e Anita". After being briefly interviewed, she also played guitar while Littizzetto sang a parody of the hit "Quelqu'un m'a dit".][
* Israeli singer Asaf Avidan performed a piano vocal version of his hit " Reckoning Song".]
Third night
Big Artists section
During the third night, the selected song of each act competing in the Big Artists section was performed again.
Newcomers section
Fourth night
Big Artists section
During the fifth night, each act competing in the Big Artists section sang a cover of a song originally performed during a previous edition of the Sanremo Music Festival. Acts were optionally allowed to perform with Italian or international guests.
Newcomers section
Fifth night
Big Artists section (round 1)
During the fifth night, the fourteen songs competing in the Big Artists section were performed again. A ranking based on televotes and on a jury was established, and the top three artists advanced to the last round of the final.
Big Artists section (round 2)
In the second round, the top three songs were performed for the last time, and the final ranking was compiled, based on televotes and on points awarded by a jury. At the end of the night, Marco Mengoni
Marco Mengoni (; born 25 December 1988) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter who rose to fame in 2009, after winning the third season of Italian talent show ''X Factor''. Since that he has sold over 2.8 million records in Italy, peaking the I ...
was declared the winner, with his song "L'essenziale".
Ratings
See also
* Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Italy participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The Italian entry was selected through an internal selection with the artist being selected by a special committee from the participants of the Sanremo Music Festival 201 ...
References
External links
Sanremo Music Festival (official website)
{{Sanremo Music Festival
Sanremo Music Festival by year
Eurovision Song Contest 2013
2013 in Italian music
2013 song contests
2013 in Italian television